Kaito Akaden (Kaito)

Kaito Chapter 100

Kaito couldn't contain his excitement and loosened his shoulders. "How about a bet, Itachi?" he called out confidently.

Itachi narrowed his eyes at Kaito but remained composed. "And what's the bet?" he inquired calmly.

Kaito grinned mischievously. "The loser treats the winner for a full month, their favorite food," he proposed.

Itachi nodded, accepting the challenge. "Hai," he replied stoically.

Raido observed the exchange between the two opponents and asked, "Are you both ready?"

Both Kaito and Itachi locked eyes with each other before nodding simultaneously.

With a final nod from Raido, the match began with a resounding call of "Hajime!"

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Nodding to Raido both Kaito and Itachi raised their right hand and held The Seal of Confrontation. With a final nod from Raido, the match began with a resounding call of "Hajime!" as Raido body flickering away.

As soon as the fight started, Itachi's sharingan activated and he rushed towards Kaito. Kaito met him head-on, their wrists clashing as they met in the middle. Both Genin jumped back and charged at each other again.

Kaito aimed a jab at Itachi's face, but Itachi ducked under and sent an uppercut at Kaito's chin. Kaito tilted his head back and tried to knee Itachi in the gut, but Itachi quickly grabbed his knee and used it to jump up, flipping over Kaito's head.

As Kaito landed on his feet after backflipping away, Itachi used his momentum to land an axe kick, but Kaito caught his leg mid-air and tossed him back. Itachi twisted his body mid-air and landed gracefully on his feet, just as Kaito reappeared Infront of him.

The two continued their intense exchange, each anticipating and countering the other's moves. Itachi deftly blocked Kaito's punch by grabbing his fist and flipping him onto his back. But Kaito wasn't finished yet - he twisted his body in mid-air and landed back on his feet, continuing his assault.

Itachi's hand swiftly intercepted Kaito's left fist and used it to make a hand sign. while kicking out at Kaito, seeing this Kaito tried to block it with his knee but Itachi planted his foot on top of Kaito's knee. Kaito swung his right fist towards Itachi's stomach, but Itachi was prepared caught it with other hand. Using Kaito's knee as leverage, Itachi placed his other foot on Kaito's shoulder,

Kaito couldn't help but think "Not this again" as he found himself being used as a springboard by Itachi, who had now jumped into the air while holding the tiger hand seal. With a deep breath, Itachi called out "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu", unleashing three massive fireballs in quick succession.

Reacting quickly, Kaito dodged and weaved to avoid each fireball as they exploded upon impact, leaving behind blazing craters in their wake. But Itachi wasn't finished yet. While still suspended in mid-air, he retrieved two handfuls of kunai and hurled one hand of them in every direction before landing gracefully on the ground and hurling the other handful at the other kunai with greater speed.

The kunai collided with each other, changing directions and surrounding Kaito from all directions. Kaito landed on the ground unscathed, he suddenly found himself being assaulted by multiple kunai from every angle.

But just as it seemed like all hope was lost, Kaito's body flickered in and out of sight as the kunai passed harmlessly through him.

In that instant, Kaito reappeared above Itachi with his tanto drawn and slashed down at Itachi, Itachi having his Sharingan active, deftly leaning back, and grabbing his own tanto.

 The sound of metal meeting metal echoed through the air as they continued to increase their speed, each trying to outdo the other.

As Itachi's tanto passed through Kaito during one particular exchange, Kaito's body flickered, and he appeared a few centimeters away from his afterimage. With lightning-fast reflexes, he kicked out at Itachi's stomach while simultaneously grabbing Itachi's wrist that held the tanto.

But Itachi was not easily taken down. His Sharingan allowed him to anticipate and block Kaito's kick with his right knee, Itachi kicked out with his left foot towards Kaito's right hand, where he held his tanto. The force of Itachi's kick sent the tanto flying through the air.

As Itachi leaned back, he brought Kaito along with him. Using the momentum of their fall, Itachi expertly utilized a chakra-enhanced throw to fling Kaito over his shoulder in the same direction that his tanto had been hurled. Kaito was quick to see his tanto he channeled his chakra to his feet grabbed it mid-air and channeled lightning nature chakra into it. As the red lightning crackled along the blade, Kaito twisted his body and flung the tanto towards Itachi with incredible speed.

Itachi, seeing the approaching tanto, swiftly tilted his body to avoid being struck and watched as the blade plunged into the ground behind him. Meanwhile, Kaito still in the air, made a half-tiger seal. as, both Kaito and his tanto flickered in and out of sight before switching places - Kaito appearing behind Itachi the place where his tanto was embedded while the tanto was in the air where Kaito had just been.

Itachi didn't have time to react as Kaito landed a spinning kick to his stomach, sending him flying through the air with tremendous force. As Itachi tumbled and skidded across the ground, he lost grip of his own tanto.

Finally coming to a stop and righting himself, Itachi stared at Kaito with confusion and surprise written all over his face. "What was that?" he thought to himself. "How did he manage to reappear behind me so quickly? Was it some kind of substitution jutsu? No...it was faster than any substitution I've seen before."

Up in the stands

The crowd was buzzing with excitement as the two genin were evenly matched. Naruto couldn't contain his excitement and jumped up, shouting. "Sugoi, Kaito-nii is awesome!" he exclaimed, turning to Hinata with a big grin. "Did you see that hinata-chan? How he reappeared behind and send Itachi-nii flying?" Naruto excitedly tried to mimic Kaito's movements to hinata.

While the younger kids were captivated by the fight, the adults wore serious expressions as they observed Kaito's technique. Hiashi and Hizashi both looked surprised when Kaito suddenly reappeared behind Itachi and kicked him away. it reminded them of the Yellow Flash in battle.

"Could it be...?" Fugaku's mind raced as he watched the fight unfold. His thoughts drifted towards a certain blonde Hokage.

Shikaku also studied Kaito closely, thinking to himself, "Has he already mastered the Hiraishin? No, he didn't appear near his tanto when he switched places with it." Next to him, Choza nearly choked on his food at the sight of Kaito's jutsu. Inoichi turned to Shikaku with a shocked expression and asked, "Did he just...?"

Shikaku shook his head before Inochi could finish his question. "No, at least I don't think so."

Hotaru spoke out loud with amazement, "Wow, how did Kai-kun manage to use the substitution jutsu like that?" Kushina smiled proudly and beamed down at Kaito before responding, "That wasn't a substitution technique, Hotaru-chan." She chuckled at their reactions

Mikoto leaned in towards Kushina and asked with wide eyes, "Was that the Hiraishin no Jutsu?"

Kushina giggled and replied, "No, that wasn't the Hiraishin. That's all I'll say for now, can't give away all of Kaito's techniques." She winked playfully at her friend before turning her attention back to the fight.

Back on the arena floor

Itachi made a few hand signs, the water at Kaito's feet began to swirl and four tendrils of water shot towards him with an attempt to pierce him. Kaito, seeing this, thought to himself, "Water Fang Bullet, huh? Seems like Itachi has mastered Water Release." With a smirk on his face, Kaito stomped his foot on the ground and simultaneously made two hand signs and called out, "Earth Style: Multi Mud Wall." Four walls of earth sprang up around Kaito, effectively blocking Itachi's attack. After the jutsu collided, Kaito lowered the earth wall and looked at Itachi with a smirk. He taunted, "You didn't really think that would work against me, did you Itachi?"

Itachi only smirked back in response. He then held a half ram hand sign to his mouth and called out, "Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!" blowing out a massive fireball, twice the size of the previous one, rushing towards Kaito.

Kaito seeing the fireball held a half-ram hand sign of his own and he called out, "Water Release: Water Formation Wall!" and spewing out a stream of water that expanded and formed a wall of water in front of him. The great fireball jutsu collided with the water wall and exploded creating a thick mist that enveloped the entire arena.

But just then Kaito felt something rumbling beneath the ground. He quickly leaped back as Itachi burst out from underneath, aiming an uppercut at him. Kaito landed on his feet and watched as Itachi began to glow, his eyes widening in realization.

Itachi exploded in front of him, sending shockwaves rippling through the mist and clearing it away. Kaito used his body flicker technique just in time, appearing a safe distance away from where he had stood moments ago. But as he landed, his feet became stuck to the surface below. "Syrup Trap," Kaito thought grimly, feeling the dense and sticky water under his feet.

Before he could react, shuriken with ninja wire wrapped around them flew toward him. One by one, they pinned him to the spot, leaving him vulnerable

Itachi reappeared behind Kaito with a kunai at his neck, smirking he said. "I win,".

Kaito wasn't done yet. With a smirk, he said, "You think so?", he disappeared in a puff of white smoke. And before Itachi could even register what had happened, his body stiffened as black marks crawled over his skin, immobilizing him.

Kaito appeared behind Itachi in a flicker and placed a kunai to his neck. "Nah, I think i won Itachi," he said grinning.

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